Registered Nurse - John Bush Supportive Unit

Job summary

We are recruiting for a Registered Nurse - Registered Nurse - John Bush Supportive Unit who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

The John Bush Supportive Unit treats patients with a wide variety of systemic anti-cancer therapies. The unit is currently opened Monday to Friday, and we work closely with other units one on site and one at our acute trust site.

Mount Vernon is one of the largest single site Cancer Centres in England and is an innovative and exciting place to work. We are internationally renowned for radiotherapy, chemotherapy, patient support services and research and therefore, you will be joining a cancer centre offering significant career development opportunities.

In addition, you will receive a High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of your basic salary, subject to a minimum payment of £4,552 and a maximum payment of £5,735 per annum pro rata.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

Main duties of the job

The registered Nurse will provide a high-quality service of care to patients and significant others and to promote a good learning environment. Supporting the Senior Nurse for Chemotherapy / Immunotherapy Services in all aspects of that role, as well as the other members of the team.

The successful candidate will be aware of resource management and to provide effective links within the Trust and undertake and assist in the safe administration of cytotoxic chemotherapy, monoclonal anti-bodies within the Oncology. Haematology client group, whilst also providing on-going support to patients and their carers.

The post holder will ensure that nursing care within the John Bush Supportive Unit is a high standard and in accordance with hospital policies, procedures and standards and adheres to the Units philosophy.

They will also contribute to the general improvement of services.

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Employer details

Employer name

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Address

Mount Vernon Cancer Centre

Rickmansworth Road

Northwood

HA6 2RN

Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Address

Mount Vernon Cancer Centre

Rickmansworth Road

Northwood

HA6 2RN

Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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